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Welcome to my home in cyberspace. I enjoy making handmade greeting cards these days. Being in the same boat as quite a number of other Americans, being laid off, I found a fun way to keep myself busy. Besides making just greeting cards, I discovered the art of quilling. It's a lovely art form, and I've applied it to more then just my greeting cards. I've created signs, gift boxes, earrings, necklaces, and a whole bunch of keepsake items. I sell a lot of what I make at Etsy. So, if you'd like a beautiful keepsake card or gift for a special someone, check out my Etsy site at RyansFineDesigns.etsy.com. My cards are of heirloom quality, and you may even like to frame them.

I'm also giving lessons. So, if you're around the Des Moines, Iowa area, sap me an e-mail, and I'll let you know all about it. Otherwise, take a look at some of my designs and just enjoy yourself while you're there. I am continually adding new cards and gift items. So you may like to come back at a later date if you don't see something you need today. Just bookmark my Etsy site. Thanks. Have a great day!

Some of my Quilled Greeting Cards & Keepsake Gifts

Saturday, February 14, 2009

My love for Quilling

I've discovered a new love. Quilling. It is a beautiful art form. I am an artist, so when I discovered this recently, I just fell in love with it and had to have it for my own. I've already created a number of greeting cards that I plan to sell. I'm creating my own designs already. There are so many beautiful things you can do with this craft. It's amazing. I hope to one day soon make quilled jewlery. Earrings to be precise. I was at the store yesterday and almost picked up all the elements I needed to dive into this new adventure. But, I'm not quite ready yet. I have to read up on it a little more, and maybe talk to others who do this. One thing I love about quilling is that there aren't many quilling artists out there. At least I haven't seen many on the internet. This art form isn't so submerged with artists that it's hard to be distinct. It's a time consuming craft. It sometimes takes days for me to create just one greeting card. To make it just perfect. Not like with scrapbooking. I could do a page in an hour or so. With quilling you need patience. And I think you need a real love for the art to have that patience. I don't think I'll ever be able to sell my greeting cards for what they are really worth. I believe I'll move into doing quilled artwork soon. As I mentioned, I'm an artist. So that will be my natural progression. These will be expensive pieces. And most beautiful of course. But because quilling is so beautiful in itself, you can't help but doing a beautiful piece of work.

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